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Scott County Commission OKs prescription drug monitoring program edict
(Local News ~ 08/16/17)
SIKESTON -- Scott County is enacting a prescription drug monitoring program to join over 30 other counties in Missouri. At the recommendation of the Scott County Health Department, the Scott County Commission officially approved the ordinance during its Aug. 8 meeting...
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Store managers sentenced for misusing food stamp program
(Local News ~ 08/16/17)
Larry White Sr., 63, and Erica White, 35, both of Sikeston, were sentenced Wednesday Larry to 33 months in prison and Erica to one year and one day in prison on charges of misusing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the food stamp program.
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Failure of family at the core of many problems
(Column ~ 08/16/17)
"Long before the government and education and justice failures is the failure of the family unit to provide the guidance and moral compass to succeed."
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Ramon Pierce
(Obituary ~ 08/16/17)
SIKESTON -- Ramon Leemont Pierce, 44, died Aug. 8, 2017, at the Hunter Acres Care Center in Sikeston. He was born July 26, 1973, to Jesse Pillow of Decatur, Ill., and the late Lee Ethel Pierce. In addition to his father, survivors include: one sister, Samantha Moore of Cape Girardeau; two nephews, Roger Triplett II of Springfield and Dyrel Pierce of Cape Girardeau; one niece, Leianna Marks of St. Louis; and three great-nephews and one great-niece...
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Alberta Miller
(Obituary ~ 08/16/17)
SIKESTON -- Alberta Miller, 73, died Aug. 5, 2017, at her home. Born Aug. 21, 1942, in Hughes, Ark., to the late Otis Brookins and Sadie Lambert, she was raised in Sikeston and graduated from Sikeston Senior High School in 1964. After graduation she moved to Chicago, where she worked as an inspector at Hart, Schaeffner & Marx clothier for 33 years until retirement. ...
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Florence Walker
(Obituary ~ 08/16/17)
SIKESTON -- Florence Alice Walker, 90, died Aug. 14, 2017, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Born Dec. 11, 1926, in Briggsdale, Ohio, to the late Joseph and Martha (George) Daab, she graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 1977 with a degree in speech pathology. ...
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James Hawks
(Obituary ~ 08/16/17)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- James Y. Hawks, 66, died Aug. 15, 2017, at his home in Portageville. Born March 2, 1951, in Marston, son of Hazel Slider Hawks and the late Henry Hawks, in 1971, he was drafted into the U.S. Army serving during Vietnam War. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by one sister, Joyce Thomas...
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Matisha Washington
(Obituary ~ 08/16/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Matisha Renee Washington, 38, died Aug. 14, 2017, at her home in Charleston. She was born July 6, 1979, in Charleston, to Doris Washington of Redford, Mich. In addition to her mother, survivors include: three sons, JaMael Nelson, Trevonn (Timara) McCluney and Terrence Walker Jr. ...
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Douglas Kitchen
(Obituary ~ 08/16/17)
KINGMAN, Ariz. -- Douglas Lynn Kitchen, 50, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died July 5, 2017. Born Nov. 12, 1966, in Houston, Texas, son of Edna Kitchen of Sikeston and the late Donald Kitchen and Myra Boyer Ashbrook, he was a welder and of the Pentecostal belief...
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Walter Welch
(Obituary ~ 08/16/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Walter Lee Welch, 80, died Aug. 16, 2017, at the Charleston Manor. Born Nov. 23, 1936, at Diehlstadt, to Claude Levi and Francis Summers Welch, he was a 1956 graduate of Diehlstadt High School. He worked for Inland Oil Company as an engine oiler, a security guard for the State of Illinois at both the Joliet and Chester Correctional Centers and then served the City of Charleston as a police officer and fireman retiring after 32 years at the rank of police captain. ...
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